Psalms 42:3
My tears have been my food day and night, While it hath been said unto me all the day, Where is thy God?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
In Context
2My soul thirsteth for God, for a GOD who liveth,—When shall I enter in, and see the face of God?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:26For who [is there] of all flesh, that ever heard the voice of a Living God speaking out of the midst of fire as we, and yet lived?
Psalms 3:2Multitudes, are saying of my soul,—No salvation for him in God. [Selah.]
Psalms 42:10With a crushing of my bones, have my adversaries reproached me,—While they keep saying unto me all the day, Where is thy God?
Psalms 79:10Wherefore should the nations say—Where is their God? Let him be known among the nations before our eyes! [Yea! By] the avenging of the blood of thy servants which hath been shed!
Psalms 80:5Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.
Psalms 102:9For, ashes—like bread, have I eaten, And, my drink—with my tears, have I mingled;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 42:2-6
Desiring Communion with God; Mourning for the Loss of Public Ordinances. 1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a… Read the whole commentary →